United States presidential election in Alabama, 2004

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Alabama trended sharply toward George W. Bush in 2004. In 2000, it voted for him 56%-41% by fifteen points; this year it voted for him by 25 points. Alabama was divisively polarized between the races: According to CNN's exit polls, Alabama Whites voted 80%-19% for Bush while Blacks voted 91%-9% for Kerry [1].


Presidential Candidate Running Mate Party Electoral Vote (EV) Popular Vote (PV)
The Black Belt went for Kerry while the rest of the state supported Bush
The Black Belt went for Kerry while the rest of the state supported Bush
George W. Bush of Texas Richard Cheney of Wyoming Republican 9 1,176,394 62.46%
John Kerry of Massachusetts John Edwards of North Carolina Democrat 0 693,933 36.84%
Ralph Nader of Connecticut Jan Pierce Independent 0 6,701 0.36%
Others - - 0 6,387 0.34%
Other elections: 2000, 2004, 2008

Statewide winner in bold. See main article : U.S. presidential election, 2004.

[edit] Detailed County Breakdown

County John Kerry George Bush Other
Percentage Count Percentage Count Percentage Count
Autauga 23.7% 4,758 75.7% 15,196 0.6% 127
Baldwin 22.5% 15,599 76.4% 52,971 1.1% 750
Barbour 44.8% 4,832 54.7% 5,899 0.4% 46
Bibb 27.5% 2,089 72.0% 5,472 0.5% 39
Blount 18.3% 3,938 80.9% 17,386 0.8% 180
Bullock 68.1% 3,210 31.7% 1,494 0.3% 13
Butler 40.6% 3,413 59.2% 4,979 0.3% 24
Calhoun 33.3% 15,083 65.9% 29,814 0.8% 352
Chambers 41.0% 5,347 58.5% 7,622 0.5% 63
Cherokee 33.6% 3,040 65.5% 5,923 1.0% 86
Chilton 22.6% 3,778 76.9% 12,829 0.5% 86
Choctaw 45.7% 3,303 53.9% 3,897 0.4% 27
Clarke 40.6% 4,627 59.1% 6,730 0.3% 37
Clay 28.8% 1,893 70.3% 4,624 0.9% 59
Cleburne 24.0% 1,391 75.4% 4,370 0.6% 37
Coffee 25.4% 4,480 73.9% 13,019 0.7% 117
Colbert 44.3% 10,598 55.1% 13,188 0.6% 149
Conecuh 45.2% 2,719 54.3% 3,271 0.5% 31
Coosa 41.1% 2,055 58.1% 2,905 0.8% 41
Covington 23.4% 3,423 76.0% 11,119 0.6% 85
Crenshaw 30.9% 1,698 68.7% 3,777 0.5% 25
Cullman 22.9% 8,045 76.2% 26,818 0.9% 328
Dale 24.6% 4,484 74.7% 13,621 0.7% 126
Dallas 60.2% 11,175 39.5% 7,335 0.3% 63
DeKalb 29.4% 7,092 70.0% 16,904 0.6% 139
Elmore 22.6% 6,471 76.9% 22,056 0.5% 153
Escambia 30.8% 3,814 68.7% 8,513 0.5% 68
Etowah 35.9% 15,328 63.3% 26,999 0.8% 353
Fayette 30.1% 2,408 69.2% 5,534 0.7% 60
Franklin 36.8% 4,514 62.7% 7,690 0.5% 65
Geneva 20.1% 2,113 79.3% 8,342 0.6% 65
Greene 79.3% 3,764 20.2% 958 0.5% 26
Hale 58.3% 4,631 41.3% 3,281 0.4% 33
Henry 33.3% 2,452 66.3% 4,881 0.4% 28
Houston 25.3% 9,144 74.2% 26,874 0.5% 183
Jackson 42.5% 8,635 56.8% 11,534 0.7% 152
Jefferson 45.2% 132,286 54.2% 158,680 0.7% 2,001
Lamar 28.4% 1,956 71.1% 4,894 0.5% 35
Lauderdale 39.4% 14,628 59.7% 22,161 0.9% 318
Lawrence 44.0% 6,155 55.2% 7,730 0.8% 116
Lee 36.4% 16,227 62.7% 27,972 0.9% 411
Limestone 31.4% 9,126 67.8% 19,702 0.8% 245
Lowndes 70.3% 4,233 29.7% 1,786 0.0% 2
Macon 82.9% 7,800 16.7% 1,570 0.4% 37
Madison 40.2% 52,644 58.9% 77,173 0.9% 1,245
Marengo 48.8% 5,037 50.9% 5,255 0.3% 30
Marion 29.6% 3,808 69.8% 8,983 0.7% 84
Marshall 26.8% 8,452 72.3% 22,783 0.8% 256
Mobile 40.7% 63,732 58.7% 92,014 0.7% 1,025
Monroe 38.5% 3,666 61.2% 5,831 0.4% 37
Montgomery 50.4% 45,160 49.2% 44,097 0.4% 393
Morgan 30.1% 14,131 69.1% 32,477 0.8% 399
Perry 68.2% 3,767 31.5% 1,738 0.3% 18
Pickens 42.9% 3,915 56.6% 5,170 0.5% 47
Pike 36.5% 4,334 63.0% 7,483 0.6% 66
Randolph 31.3% 2,817 68.1% 6,127 0.6% 57
Russell 49.8% 8,375 49.6% 8,337 0.6% 97
St. Clair 18.7% 5,456 80.6% 23,500 0.7% 205
Shelby 18.8% 14,850 80.4% 63,435 0.8% 621
Sumter 70.4% 4,527 29.2% 1,880 0.4% 26
Talladega 38.0% 11,374 61.3% 18,331 0.6% 193
Tallapoosa 30.4% 5,451 69.0% 12,392 0.6% 109
Tuscaloosa 37.9% 26,447 61.4% 42,877 0.7% 506
Walker 31.8% 9,016 67.6% 19,167 0.6% 184
Washington 38.1% 3,145 61.4% 5,060 0.5% 42
Wilcox 67.5% 3,838 32.3% 1,834 0.2% 10
Winston 21.5% 2,236 78.0% 8,130 0.5% 57

[edit] See also

  • Presidential elections in Alabama: 2000, 2004, 2008